Luther Standing Bear's With Buffalo Bill In England

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In Chapter XXIV – “With Buffalo Bill in England,” Luther Standing Bear becomes an excellent leader and performer in establishing his duties with the Wild West Show. He becomes so dependable that Buffalo Bill respected him in many areas. Just for example when the time Buffalo Bill and Colonel Cody exclaimed about the “misused or neglected” way the Indians were treated at a dinner, giving them left-over, cold pancakes; the incident never happened again. Moreover, supervising seventy-five Sioux Indian performers, meeting King Edward the Seventh and having Luther and his wife another daughter while in England, greatly emphasizes his leadership skills, his great credit upon the Indian society, and the acceptance of the community towards the Indian

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